Vasakasajjika, Vāsakasajjikā, Vasaka-sajjika: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāsakasajjikā (वासकसज्जिका).—a woman who dresses herself in all her ornaments and keeps herself (and her house) ready to receive her lover, especially when he has made an appointment with her; an expectant heroine, one of the several classes of a Nāyikā; S. D. thus defines her:-कुरुते मण्डनं यस्याः (kurute maṇḍanaṃ yasyāḥ) (yā tu) सज्जिते वासवेश्मनि । सा तु वासकसज्जा स्याद्विदितप्रियसंगमा (sajjite vāsaveśmani | sā tu vāsakasajjā syādviditapriyasaṃgamā) || 12; भवति विलम्बिनि विगलितलज्जा विलपति रोदिति वासकसज्जा (bhavati vilambini vigalitalajjā vilapati roditi vāsakasajjā) Gītagovinda 6.
Vāsakasajjikā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāsaka and sajjikā (सज्जिका). See also (synonyms): vāsakasajjā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāsakasajjikā (वासकसज्जिका):—[=vāsaka-sajjikā] [from vāsaka > vāsa] f. a woman ready to receive her lover (cf. vāsa-sajjā), [Kāvya literature [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāsakasajjikā (वासकसज्जिका):—[vāsaka-sajjikā] (kā) 1. f. A woman prepared to receive her galant.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Sajjika, Vasaka.
Full-text: Vasakasajja, Sajjaka, Ashtavidhanayika.
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